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Stanford (1-4) at Notre Dame (3-2)
Line: ND -17
Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
Saturday, October 15, 2022
7:30 PM
NBC / Peacock
Votes are public. Poll closes on Saturday, 10/15 at 7:20 PM EST.
Notre Dame notched it's first win over a ranked opponent in 2022, and in Marcus Freeman's HC career, with a solid win in the desert last weekend over BYU. These two teams couldn't be on more opposite trajectories as Stanford comes to South Bend for a primetime battle riding a 4 game losing streak, and an 0-4 record this season against P5 competition. Notre Dame has won three straight and brought Freeman's career record as a HC to .500.
Stanford has one of the nations worst defenses (yes, even worse than UNC), ranked #109 in total defensive yards allowed and #114 in scoring defense. They are actually respectable against the pass, ranked 56th in pass defense, but are abysmal against the run with a drastically undersized defensive front, ranked #121 in total rush defense. Look for ND to run the ball early and often with their three headed RB attack and use play action/RPOs at opportune moments to hit a few big plays in the early going.
Offensively, Stanford is respectable, but nothing to write home about. They're ranked 64th in total offense (47th in pass/72nd in run O). They have a solid veteran QB in Tanner McKee who make just about any throw and sling it all over the field, but he has a weak OL (and beat up, only SEVEN healthy scholarship linemen coming into this one for Stanford) and cement feet, so he has a tendency to throw the ball into trouble after he's taken a few shots, with 5 INTs through five games. If the ND pass rush gets home, as it should, it could be a long night for this offense. They have a couple of solid skill position players led by RB Casey Filkins and WR Michael Wilson. Wilson is your prototypical deep threat with 352 yards and 4 TDs on only 17 catches (20.7 average). ND needs to avoid the mental lapses in the secondary against him (NO MORE SAFETY BLITZES, please).
TL;DR: Prediction
Overall, I believe this is a team ND *should* dominate on paper, but Stanford has a knack for making games closer than they should all year. They haven't lost a game by over 18 pts, including three top-20 ranked opponents in USC, Washington (at the time) and Oregon. Not to mention, ND has yet to show the capability to slam the door on an opponent, letting the fourth quarters get away from them against both UNC and BYU.
I think ND gets out to a comfortable lead early, running for over 150 yards in the first half, and Pyne hits Styles on a deep post off of Play Action late in the 2nd for a 24-10 Irish lead at the break, but our 2nd half defensive lapses continue and Stanford gets a couple of backdoor scores in the 4th to make the final outcome closer than it appears.
ND 38 - Stanford 24
I think we can all agree that Shaw is a smug prick and I hope I'm wrong and we cover the spread, but I'm just following the season trends here for both squads...
Line: ND -17
Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN
Saturday, October 15, 2022
7:30 PM
NBC / Peacock
Votes are public. Poll closes on Saturday, 10/15 at 7:20 PM EST.
Notre Dame notched it's first win over a ranked opponent in 2022, and in Marcus Freeman's HC career, with a solid win in the desert last weekend over BYU. These two teams couldn't be on more opposite trajectories as Stanford comes to South Bend for a primetime battle riding a 4 game losing streak, and an 0-4 record this season against P5 competition. Notre Dame has won three straight and brought Freeman's career record as a HC to .500.
Stanford has one of the nations worst defenses (yes, even worse than UNC), ranked #109 in total defensive yards allowed and #114 in scoring defense. They are actually respectable against the pass, ranked 56th in pass defense, but are abysmal against the run with a drastically undersized defensive front, ranked #121 in total rush defense. Look for ND to run the ball early and often with their three headed RB attack and use play action/RPOs at opportune moments to hit a few big plays in the early going.
Offensively, Stanford is respectable, but nothing to write home about. They're ranked 64th in total offense (47th in pass/72nd in run O). They have a solid veteran QB in Tanner McKee who make just about any throw and sling it all over the field, but he has a weak OL (and beat up, only SEVEN healthy scholarship linemen coming into this one for Stanford) and cement feet, so he has a tendency to throw the ball into trouble after he's taken a few shots, with 5 INTs through five games. If the ND pass rush gets home, as it should, it could be a long night for this offense. They have a couple of solid skill position players led by RB Casey Filkins and WR Michael Wilson. Wilson is your prototypical deep threat with 352 yards and 4 TDs on only 17 catches (20.7 average). ND needs to avoid the mental lapses in the secondary against him (NO MORE SAFETY BLITZES, please).
TL;DR: Prediction
Overall, I believe this is a team ND *should* dominate on paper, but Stanford has a knack for making games closer than they should all year. They haven't lost a game by over 18 pts, including three top-20 ranked opponents in USC, Washington (at the time) and Oregon. Not to mention, ND has yet to show the capability to slam the door on an opponent, letting the fourth quarters get away from them against both UNC and BYU.
I think ND gets out to a comfortable lead early, running for over 150 yards in the first half, and Pyne hits Styles on a deep post off of Play Action late in the 2nd for a 24-10 Irish lead at the break, but our 2nd half defensive lapses continue and Stanford gets a couple of backdoor scores in the 4th to make the final outcome closer than it appears.
ND 38 - Stanford 24
I think we can all agree that Shaw is a smug prick and I hope I'm wrong and we cover the spread, but I'm just following the season trends here for both squads...
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